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Nora Leccese: Put garden excess to good use

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03/10/2013 01:00:00 AM MST

Local non-profit Boulder Food Rescue is in the process of starting a new project to rescue excess fruits and veggies from personal and community gardens in Boulder. The project is called Garden Against Hunger, and will begin April 2013.

Boulder Food Rescue will establish drop sites for excess produce at five different community gardens around town, pick up that produce three times a week, and transport it to one of 50 organization that serve hungry, homeless and low-income people in the county. Plot holders at the community gardens and neighbors with their own private growing spaces will be encouraged to drop their extra zucchini, peaches, kale and any other harvest items that are too much to eat on their own.

In addition, Garden Against Hunger will plant and maintain a plot at the Hawthorne Community Gardens in order to provide a place for community members to meet and get their hands dirty, access to fresh food for families in the area, and to hold education events centered around local food justice.

Boulder Food Rescue is a nonprofit that rescues produce and prepared food that would otherwise go to waste at grocers and cafeterias and transports it by bike to agencies that serve low-income populations in Boulder. Rescuing food from local gardens is the next step in localizing the movement against food waste!

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